Novell Client 4.8/4.9 on Windows Login Clipboard information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Novell Client 4.8/4.9 on Windows and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Login Clipboard Handler. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2006-2612. The attack must be carried out from within the local network. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Novell Client 4.8/4.9 on Windows. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Login Clipboard Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Novell Client for Windows 4.8 and 4.9 does not restrict access to the clipboard contents while a machine is locked, which allows users with physical access to read the current clipboard contents by pasting them into the "User Name" field on the login prompt.

The weakness was presented 05/23/2006 by Eitan Caspi as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-2612 since 05/25/2006. The attack needs to be initiated within the local network. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at novell.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26595), OSVDB (25760†) and Secunia (SA20194†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Patch: novell.com

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05/21/2006 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Eitan Caspi
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-2612 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2612
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2258
X-Force: 26595 - Novell Client login screen clipboard information leak, Low Risk
Secunia: 20194 - Novell Client Clipboard Content Handling Weakness, Not Critical
OSVDB: 25760 - Novell Client Login Field Clipboard Content Disclosure

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 05/30/2006 11:28
Updated: 06/07/2019 14:14
Changes: 05/30/2006 11:28 (65), 06/07/2019 14:14 (7)
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Cache ID: 216:B9B:103

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